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- ↑ "Janak Gamage". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ↑ Janak Gamage quits as Bangladesh Women coach, ESPNcricinfo, 30 May 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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